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By Prince J Musa in Kenema

The Ministry of Energy with funds from DIFAID through the Bo, Kenema electricity rehabilitation and extension project has on 21^st August 2021 presented transformer to the Energy distribution Agency (EDSA) and the stakeholders in Kenema for the West Africa Power pool Project powering Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. 

By Mabinty M. Kamara

Sierra Leone’s Parliament has signed a communique with the leaders of 52 Civil Society Organisations working in Sierra Leone in an effort to foster a healthy and mutually supportive relationship between the lawmakers and the civic group.

Over 50 occupants in 11 houses at Blackie drive, Kandeh town section in Bo, have been affected by torrential rain fall which lasted for several hours in the night of Sunday 22nd August 2021. 

The flood victims mainly students, traders, pastors and civil servants have blamed the situation on the Bo city council over poor drainage system.

By Alpha Abu

The Chief Executive Officer of Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency SMEDA, Shiaka Sannoh has said that the first phase of the Munafa Fund that provides loans to small businesses on a low interest rate is progressing well despite a smearing campaign by some people that he said pose as members of Traders Union.

By Prince J. Musa in Kenema

As part of ensuring transparency and accountability in the health sector, the Management of Government Hospital Kenema in partnership with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has on 19 August 2021 officially opened the citizen’s service charter to the public at the hospital.

By Politico staff writer

In an effort to minimize the effect of alcohol on the population, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Alcohol Policy Alliance (SLAPA), the World Health Organization (WHO) and FoRUT have commenced an Alcohol Policy Development Process.

By Alpha Abu

The Chairman of the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC), Abdulai Masiambay Bangurah has told a news conference in Freetown on Thursday 18 August 2021 that the only Presidential candidate in the 2018 elections that presented to the commission a financial report of his individual campaign expenses was Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) flag bearer and now President, Julius Maada Bio.